Bills Bring in 'Glue Guy' to Bolster Pass Rush in Longtime Analyst's Mock Draft

There is no question about it, the Buffalo Bills’ pass rush needs help, and the team is planning to look to the NFL Draft to fulfill their significant need.

Several players have been linked to the Bills through various mock drafts, including a recent prognostication of this year’s selection process assembled by SB Nation’s Doug Farrar, who predicted Buffalo will take Auburn’s Keldric Faulk with their first-round pick.

Buffalo holds the No. 26 overall selection, and the longtime NFL analyst believes the former Tigers’ EDGE could help the Bills fortify one of their roster holes. Farrar acknowledged the Bills’ free-agent acquisition of Bradley Chubb as something that should boost that area of the team’s defense. Still, he believes Buffalo needs additional firepower to throw at opposing quarterbacks.

“I’d still like to add more to that rotation, and I’ll do it with Keldric Faulk,” he wrote. “… Looked better than the numbers indicate, and can disrupt from multiple gaps.”

First-round talent

Faulk exploded for 11 tackles for loss and seven sacks as a sophomore in 2024 before taking a step back production-wise this past season. He finished the 2025 campaign with just five tackles for loss and two sacks, but when evaluating his potential, it’s important to look beyond the statistics.

“He could be the glue guy who ties the line together,” added Farrar.

Faulk stands a massive 6-foot-6 and weighs 276 pounds, making him a force up front. He would join Chubb and the Bills’ top returning pass rusher, Greg Rousseau, as the team’s top three options at the position.

Versatility is one of Faulk’s calling cards, as the 20-year-old is supremely confident he can help a team at more than one position at the next level. That’s just what the doctor ordered for the Bills, who have asserted their desire to acquire players who can move around the trenches under new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard.

“I can play all across the D-line, that’s really what I did at Auburn,” said Faulk at the NFL Scouting Combine. “I prepared myself, as well as the help from the coaches, to play all four positions across the line. That’s what I really think separates me.”

Over 10% of his snaps on the defensive line last year came on the interior, according to Pro Football Focus, but he spent most of his time as a defensive end/outside linebacker. The Bills’ defensive line rotation also includes defensive tackles Ed Oliver and Deone Walker, who will each return for a new-look Bills defense in 2026.

It will be interesting to see how things play out within Buffalo’s fresh odd-man front, particularly if a player of Faulk’s caliber were to be added to the fold.

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